Airbnb public affairs push pays offAirbnb prevailed at the polls on Tuesday as San Francisco voters rejected Proposition F, which would have required greater regulations for home-sharing companies. The startup’s $12 million campaign against the referendum included snarky billboards it later pulled.

Honda drops Takata productsAutomaker Honda said it will no longer use front airbag inflators made by Takata after the company was fined $70 million by the US federal government. The Japanese automaker accounted for about 10% of Takata’s worldwide sales.